It doesn’t have everyone smiling, as water covering roadways has created problems in several parts of Pueblo County.

A week of spotty rainfall likely is in store for Pueblo after a major storm passed through the area over the weekend and more rounds continued Monday.

“It’s a tropical weather pattern with moisture coming from the south,” said Randy Gray, meteorologist with the National Weather Service at Pueblo Memorial Airport. “It has been spotty, but it has been active. We’ll see the same pattern Tuesday, and into the weekend.”

That could mean more flash flood warnings such as the area has seen the past few days.

The worst highway problem occurred during a downpour Monday afternoon that caused a major slowdown on Interstate 25 north of Pueblo as water washed over the road at Eden, Exit 104.

Pueblo County had crews working Monday in the Boone area after the storm Saturday. Sunday night’s rain damaged some roads in the Beulah area, said Alf Randall, Pueblo County public works director.

At least one road in Pueblo West was temporarily closed by debris that washed on the road from heavy rains Sunday, and water was flowing over some parts of Purcell Boulevard from Monday’s storm, said Jack Johnston, metro district manager.

Rain has been uneven, however.

At the airport, only a trace of rain was recorded Saturday and 0.04 inches on Sunday. Monday afternoon left 0.35 inches at the airport, bringing the official precipitation since January to 6.29 inches, almost back to average.

Both the Saturday and Sunday storms hit near Rye and Colorado City, where more than 2 inches of rain fell, according to weather spotters. Parts of Pueblo recorded more than an inch from the storms even before Monday’s rain, which streaked across Downtown and the North Side, but left only a few drops on the South Side.

Storms have been hit-and-miss in the region as well, with particular concern for areas that suffered wildfires in 2012 and 2013.

In the Lower Arkansas Valley, 1-3 inches of rain fell Saturday, with some areas picking up another inch Sunday, but amounts were spotty, like in the Pueblo area.

“This is the first time in years we’ve seen water in the Arkansas River through Las Animas,” said Bent County Commissioner Bill Long.

Water levels on Fountain Creek and in the Arkansas River have seen surges because of the rain, but have not reached flood stage.

“This is the first time in years we’ve seen so much water in the Arkansas River through Las Animas,” said Bent County Commissioner Bill Long.

Flows at Las Animas were 2,460 cubic feet per second and climbing Monday, about 12 times average for this time of year.

Closer to Pueblo, the river at Avondale was flowing at 4,090 cfs and climbing Monday, about twice average, but short of flood stage.